Date:         Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:28:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Charles McGehee <chasm@ELLTEL.NET>
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From:         Charles McGehee <chasm@ELLTEL.NET>
Subject:      Re: spammed after sending to the list ?
Comments: To: John Rodgers <jhrodgers@CHARTER.NET>
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Wolfgang, I've received that virus any number of times and have no reason
to believe it's related to this list.  Fortunately Norton caught it.  I've
never opened it but am curious what happens when you open it?  What *is*
the "truth about Snow White"?

Charles
'85 Westy

At 11:06 PM 9/24/01 -0500, John Rodgers wrote:
>wolfgang wrote:
>
> > I've lurked on the list for some time, and then only a week ago,
> > joined and sent a message.  Within a day or two, I got a spam
> > from a porn site about Snow White and the seven dwarves.  I've
> > never used this email address for anything but that posting to the
> > list.  Today, I got another one, same porn site, same message.
> >
> > Did anyone else get that particular spam ?  I suppose some web
> > spider, or whatever those programs are called, are picking them off
> > of the archives web site ?
>
>Wolfgang, If you opened the thing you will need to run an antivirus
>program and remove it. Whether you have or have not, you can set up a
>filter that will remove the ting to trash automatically, then its just a
>matter of emptying your trash file.
>
>Good Luck,
>
>John Rodgers